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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by riedel on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:16PM (#37424144)
I just want to highlight that this a very US centric view. A user of copilot in the EU might be confronted with a totally different legal regime. (No fair use per se, no copyright transferability, ...). It seems quite a bold move as being an internationally active company if there is no small print...
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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by satvikpendem on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:19PM (#37424199)
Yes, I'm talking about American law specifically.
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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by tick_tock_tick on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:48PM (#37424603)
Yeah but if it's ok in the USA the EU needs to allow it or they'll fall even farther behind.
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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by CaptainFever on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:47PM (#37428272)
It's already allowed in the EU: https://www.reedsmith.com/en/perspectives/ai-in-entertainmen...
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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by tremon on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:40PM (#37425258)
no copyright transferability

The economic part of copyright is transferable in the EU just as it is in the US, only certain moral rights (such as the right to attribution) are inalienable.

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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by riedel on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:20PM (#37438164)
That is true: You are certainly allow to (exclusively) licence your works to others. Actually, I only meant it to be an example of how giving guarantees can become difficult if authorship is not clear.
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